{"product_id":"the-elusive-shift","title":"The Elusive Shift","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780262544900\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2022\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eHow the early Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons community grappled with the nature of role-playing games, theorizing a new game genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the early Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons community grappled with the nature of role-playing games, theorizing a new game genre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Dungeon \u0026amp; Dragons made its debut in the mid-1970s, followed shortly thereafter by other, similar tabletop games, it sparked a renaissance in game design and critical thinking about games. D\u0026amp;D is now popularly considered to be the first role-playing game. But in the original rules, the term \"role-playing\" is nowhere to be found; D\u0026amp;D was marketed as a war game. In The Elusive Shift, Jon Peterson describes how players and scholars in the D\u0026amp;D community began to apply the term to D\u0026amp;D and similar games--and by doing so, established a new genre of games.","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41742788460677,"sku":"PR399897","price":92.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNXG6B8BO185.jpg?v=1783006911","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-elusive-shift","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}